Martian ice cloud distribution obtained from SPICAM nadir UV measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Mateshvili, Nina ^a   Fussen, Didier ^a   Vanhellemont, Filip ^a   Bingen, Christine ^a   Dodion, Jan ^a   Montmessin, Franck ^b   Perrier, Severine ^b   Dimarellis, Emmanuel ^b   Bertaux, Jean Loop ^b  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLOUD; ICE; MARS; NADIR; OPTICAL DEPTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTENT; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 34548358083     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002827     Document Type: Article

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